James Madison

James Madison (16 March 1751-28 June 1836) was the President of the United States from 1809 to 1817 and the Vice President from 1781 to 1783.

Biography
Madison was born in Port Conway, Virginia, in the Thirteen Colonies. He studied law as a young man, graduating in 1772, and was a delegate of the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1782, the youngest delegate. In 1787 he wrote the US Constitution, earning him the nickname "The Father of the Constitution". In 1789 he also assisted in the writing of the Bill of Rights. In 1809 he beat the Federalist Party's Charles Cotesworth Pinckney for the race for President of the United States and took part in a war against Britain in the War of 1812. In this war, a response to "impressing" of American sailors by Britain and British involvement in Indian raids, he lost Washington DC in 1814, with the White House and much art burning down. Madison made peace in 1815, gaining and losing nothing, and he left office in 1817, not attempting to run a third term.